Plane too heavy to fly so 37 passengers had to get off
AsiaOne | Tue, Jan 11 2011
Passengers of Easyjet flight told that police would force them off if they refused.
LOADED with too much fuel, a budget flight in the UK requested for 37 passengers to get off the plane so it could take off. And if they refused, police would be on hand to force them out.
In a widely reported Boxing Day bungle, an Easyjet flight which was to fly from Birmingham to Geneva, Switzerland was filled with 10 tonnes more fuel, making it too heavy to leave the ground.
In an onboard announcement of “bad news”, the pilot then said around 37 people had to disembark from the plane, a passenger told British newspaper The Telegraph.
Anyone who volunteered to get off would be given £100 (S$202) and overnight accommodation, 65-year-old Jane Webb was quoted as saying in the Telegraph story. The airline, however, could not guarantee a next-day flight to Geneva for those who left.
Around seven or eight passengers took the offer, Ms Webb noted, and it was decided that the remaining folks who had to leave would be those who checked-in the latest.
Passengers questioned what would happen if they refused and they were told policemen were waiting for them and they would be forced off.
The passengers left as requested, but the bungle did not end there.
For a handful that made the journey to Geneva, they found themselves without their luggage. The airline had apparently removed some luggage and left it behind in England to lighten the load as well, The Daily Mirror reported.
Easyjet has apologised for the incident and will compensate the 37 passengers involved, the UK Press Association said. Spokesman Andrew McConnell said an investigation would be conducted into how the plane was over-filled.
http://www.relax.com.sg/relax/news/...y_to_fly_so_37_passengers_had_to_get_off.html
Ma è davvero possibile una cosa del genere? Non è prevista la possibilità di scaricare carburante in caso di errori come questo?
AsiaOne | Tue, Jan 11 2011
Passengers of Easyjet flight told that police would force them off if they refused.
LOADED with too much fuel, a budget flight in the UK requested for 37 passengers to get off the plane so it could take off. And if they refused, police would be on hand to force them out.
In a widely reported Boxing Day bungle, an Easyjet flight which was to fly from Birmingham to Geneva, Switzerland was filled with 10 tonnes more fuel, making it too heavy to leave the ground.
In an onboard announcement of “bad news”, the pilot then said around 37 people had to disembark from the plane, a passenger told British newspaper The Telegraph.
Anyone who volunteered to get off would be given £100 (S$202) and overnight accommodation, 65-year-old Jane Webb was quoted as saying in the Telegraph story. The airline, however, could not guarantee a next-day flight to Geneva for those who left.
Around seven or eight passengers took the offer, Ms Webb noted, and it was decided that the remaining folks who had to leave would be those who checked-in the latest.
Passengers questioned what would happen if they refused and they were told policemen were waiting for them and they would be forced off.
The passengers left as requested, but the bungle did not end there.
For a handful that made the journey to Geneva, they found themselves without their luggage. The airline had apparently removed some luggage and left it behind in England to lighten the load as well, The Daily Mirror reported.
Easyjet has apologised for the incident and will compensate the 37 passengers involved, the UK Press Association said. Spokesman Andrew McConnell said an investigation would be conducted into how the plane was over-filled.
http://www.relax.com.sg/relax/news/...y_to_fly_so_37_passengers_had_to_get_off.html
Ma è davvero possibile una cosa del genere? Non è prevista la possibilità di scaricare carburante in caso di errori come questo?
